{"product_id":"bad-mexican-bad-american-poems-paperback","title":"Bad Mexican, Bad American: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJose Hernandez Diaz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis collection of poems by Jose Hernandez Diaz showcases the unique style that has made him a rising star in the poetry community.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBad Mexican, Bad American\u003c\/i\u003e, the minimalist, working-class aesthetic of a \"disadvantaged Brown kid\" takes wing in prose poems that recall and celebrate that form's ties to Surrealism. With influences like Alberto Ríos and Ray Gonzalez on one hand, and James Tate and Charles Baudelaire on the other, the collection spectacularly combines \"high\" art and folk art in a way that collapses those distinctions, as in the poem \"My Date with Frida Kahlo\" \"Frida and I had Cuban coffee and then vegetarian tacos. We sipped on mescal and black tea. At the end of the night, following an awkward silence during a conversation on Cubism, we kissed for about thirty minutes beneath a protest mural by David Alfaro Siqueiros.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad Mexican, Bad American\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how having roots in more than one culture can be both unsettling and rich: van Gogh and Beethoven share the page with tattoos, graffiti, and rancheras; Quetzalcoatl shows up at Panda Express; a Mexican American child who has never had a Mexican American teacher may become that teacher; a parent's \"broken\" English is beautiful and masterful. Blending reality with dream and humility with hope, Hernandez Diaz contributes a singing strand to the complex cultural weave that is twenty-first-century poetry.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJose Hernandez Diaz\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Eater\u003c\/i\u003e and the forthcoming book \u003ci\u003eThe Parachutist\u003c\/i\u003e. A 2017 NEA Poetry Fellow, he has published work in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review, Border Crossing, Cincinnati Review, Circulo de Poesia\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eHooghly Review, Huizache, Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLondon Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMissouri Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eMoth\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry, Poetry Wales\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eProgressive\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review, TriQuarterly, Witness, Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Nonrequired Reading\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches generative workshops for Hugo House, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, The Writer's Center, and elsewhere. He serves as a poetry mentor in the \u003ci\u003eAdroit Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's Summer Mentorship Program. He lives in Norwalk, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 8.82 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763689586976,"sku":"9781946724731","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5e17d9a72d1b56c81f3312682eeabf44.webp?v=1780239341","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bad-mexican-bad-american-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}